This book surveys all chess openings, providing a guide to every critical main line and featuring extensive descriptions of the typical strategies for both sides.
Presents information on the ideas and strategies for chess openings.
My object in this work is to present the necessary "ideology" as concisely as possible. This is one of the great classic works on chess by one of the strongest chess players in history.
Winning Chess Openings
Every chess player needs a set of openings he can trust. Use Bobby Fischer's favorite first move, 1. e2-e4, to begin your games as White--and know the ideas and moves...
This friendly, helpful guide provides you with easy-to-follow and step-by-step instructions on the top opening chess strategies and gives you the tools you need to develop your own line of attack from the very start.
Winning Chess Openings shows you how to do both. In Yasser Seirawan's entertaining, easy-to-follow style, you're shown formations that can be used with other White or Black pieces.
This is not a book that provides masses of variations to memorize. Paul van der Sterren instead offers a wealth of ideas and explanation, together with the basic variations of each and every opening.
Shows you how to start your chess games as dynamically and accurately as the greatest grandmasters in the world.
First published over a half-century ago, this is a completely revised and updated edition of the book that has been the standard English language reference on chess openings.
Don't panic! In Discovering Chess Openings John Emms argues that studying openings doesn't have to be hard work at all - indeed, it can be both enjoyable and enlightening.